Vadodara Municipal Corporation extends deadline for housing scheme

VADODARA: Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has decided to extend the deadline for the survey being conducted to identify beneficiaries under the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Aavas Yojana (PMAY) of the central government. The civic body has given one more month to residents of the city to apply for the scheme.

PMAY has replaced the Rajiv Aavas Yojana of the central government and the civic body had begun the process of identifying beneficiaries under the scheme. It had asked those interested in the scheme to collect forms from ward offices in the city and deposit them back.

It has come to light that while numerous persons took forms for the scheme only a few of these were returned to the civic body. Sources said this discrepancy in the number of forms distributed and returned was discussed by the top brass of the civic body and it was decided to give an extension in the time for submitting the forms.

Under the PMAY, houses will be constructed both for the economic weaker sections (EWS) and the lower income group (LIG) residents in the city. The income ceiling for the EWS beneficiaries has been fixed at Rs three lakh while that for LIG beneficiaries at Rs six lakh.